Free School in Annapolis, the other Half to the Informer, or
to him or them that shall sue for the same ; to be recovered in
any Court of Record within this Province that can hold Plea
of the same, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information,
wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of Law to be
allowed.
III. And be it hereby further Enacted and Declared, by
the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the sev-
eral Collectors and Naval Officers of this Province, within
their several and respective Districts, for the several Acts and
Things relating to their Office, by him or them to be done,
shall have and receive the Fees hereafter mentioned, and no
more. (That is to say,) to the Collector for Entering and
Clearing a Ship or Vessel of One Hundred Tons or more,
Twenty Shillings ; for Entering and Clearing a Ship or Vessel
under One Hundred Tons, Ten Shillings ; for a Permit, Two
Shillings and Sixp ence; for a Navigation Bond, Five Shill-
ings ; for a Certificate to discharge a Navigation Bond, Five
Shillings; for every Oath administered, One Shilling; for a
Certificate to export Goods out of the Province, Five Shillings ;
for Transmitting and Recording a Vessel's Register, Five
Shillings: And to the Naval Officer for Entering and Clear-
ing a Ship or Vessel under One Hundred Tons, Ten Shillings ;
for Entering and Clearing a Ship above One Hundred Tons,
Twenty Shillings; for a Permit, Two Shillings and Six-
pence ; for an Impost Bond, Five Shillings ; for a Certificate
of Goods imported, Five Shillings; for a Navigation Bond,
Five Shillings; for every Oath made of Goods, One Shilling;
for Recording and Transmitting a Ship's Register, Five Shill-
ings ; for Filing and Proving a Certificate, and Discharging a
Navigation Bond, Five Shillings ; for Certificate to discharge
Navigation Bond, Five Shillings, and no more: And the said
Collectors and Naval Officers, are hereby obliged to take but
One Half of the Fees above expressed, for all Ships or Vessels
of what Burthen soever, that are either built or purchased by
the Inhabitants of this Province, Provided the Owners of the
said Ships or Vessels do all actually reside in the same.
IV. And be it further Enacted, That all and every the
Collectors and Naval Officers of this Province, shall receive
such Fees as aforesaid, and no more, and shall make a fair
Table of their Fees, and put up in their several Offices, under

the Penalty of Fifty Pounds Sterling, the One Half thereof to

the Lord Proprietary, for the Support of his Lordship's Gov-
ernment, and the other Half to the Informer, or to him or
them that shall sue for the same ; to be recovered in any Court
of Record within this Province, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint

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